PHYS0070
Analytical Mechanics [ Course Website ] [ Lab Website ]
This is a course in classical mechanics intended for concentrators in science, including but not limited to physics. A year of high school physics and calculus is assumed. PHYS 0070 will cover essentially the same material as PHYS 0050. It will use a more sophisticated and mathematical approach, and will consider more challenging applications and problems.
There will be three lectures a week, a conference section, and a laboratory.
Textbook: An Introduction to Mechanics, by Kleppner and Kolenkow, McGraw Hill.
Course Outline:
- Review of Elementary Concepts
- Kinematics
- Newton's Laws and Forces
- Forces in Accelerating Reference Frames
- Energy
- Momentum
- Oscillatory Motion
- Angular Momentum
- Rotational Dynamics for Rigid Bodies
- Planetary Motion
